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After more than ten minutes of getting into the car, Nie Renfeng's mood calmed down. Tan Renhao had rarely seen the principal so excited, and it seemed that in the closed meeting at the beginning, the principal was very angry with the representatives of several other countries.

"There won't be much to be done in this negotiation." Nie Renfeng let out a sigh, "Renhao, this is your first time in Japan, right?" ”

Tan Renhao nodded, and just as he thought of telling the story of the ball, Nie Renfeng rushed to speak.

"Tomorrow, you can rest well and go outside. We'll be staying at the embassy tonight, and I'll have someone arrange a car for you, as well as a set of military attaché papers. Nie Renfeng rolled down the window, "This time, several countries have no intention of participating in the negotiations, and the Japanese side even proposed to withdraw from the treaty in advance." Maybe we'll be leaving Tokyo soon. I would like to take this opportunity to familiarize myself with the situation in Japan, and I may be able to use it in the future. ”

Tan Renhao hesitated for a moment and took out the business card. "Headmaster, there was a Japanese woman approaching me at the ball, and I suspect she's a spy."

"Women?" Nie Renfeng took the postcard, and then sneered, "She must be an intelligence officer, maybe someone from the 'Black Dragon Society'." It's not a good thing anyway, so don't get too much contact with her. Although I do not doubt your loyalty to the Empire, many words are bound to be wrong. It's also your first time abroad as a diplomat, so you're not familiar with this aspect of things. The day after tomorrow, after we have completed our preparations for the negotiations, we will go to Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka, and Kobe to inspect the shipyards of the Japanese Navy and inspect the warships they have built. Then it's time to get ready to go back. So, you pay attention to it these days, it's best to ......" Nie Renfeng paused and said to the adjutant in front: "You go to the embassy to find a secretary, and accompany Captain Tan Renhao around Tokyo tomorrow." ”

The adjutant nodded, he glanced at Tan Renhao, and didn't say anything more.

The Tang Imperial Embassy in Japan was located opposite the Sumida River, in a relatively remote location. This was the newly built embassy of the Tang Empire in Tokyo, Japan after World War I, and all the building materials and construction workers at that time were sent from the empire, and Japan was not allowed to participate in the construction of the embassy. The embassy has four main buildings, and Tan Renhao and the others are arranged in the building to the east. Nie Renfeng lives on the fourth and top floor, while Tan Renhao lives on the second floor, where most of the general staff of the embassy live.

At night, Tan Renhao didn't sleep very soundly, he just felt very confused, which he had already noticed at the banquet. The Japanese side is trying to erase the traces of the Tang Empire from its body. Whether it is their clothing or the buildings in the city of Tokyo, etc., the Japanese are trying to use their own style, and even move closer to the West, and deliberately downplay the traces left by the Tang Empire culture in Japan. Anyway, it's not a good sign.

As soon as the morning dawned, Tan Renhao changed into a set of civilian clothes for embassy staff, and left the embassy in a white car, accompanied by a third-class secretary named Zhang Yannian. Because the car has a diplomatic license plate, it will not be embarrassed by the Japanese police.

Along the way, Tan Renhao was carefully paying attention to the buildings on both sides of the street and the pedestrians on the road. Most Japanese people still wear kimonos, both men and women, and some Japanese people wear suits and look rich. Before World War I, almost all Japanese wore Tang costumes and kimonos, but now, Tang costumes are almost gone. Tan Renhao also discovered that the urban area of Tokyo is very large, and most of the buildings are low-rise bungalows, and most of these houses are made of wood. This gave Tan Renhao a very strange idea, if he could light a few fires in this city, it would definitely be very spectacular.

Just as Tan Renhao was thinking this, a fire truck with a water tank on its butt rushed past him with a water tank on it. Tan Renhao immediately motioned for Zhang Yannian to follow the fire truck. Soon, they were at the scene of the fire.

The fire was a row of bungalows, and a group of people were busy moving out the contents of the houses, including quite a few small industrial equipment and some handmade tools. Apparently, the place where the fire caught fire was a factory building. This made Tan Renhao feel a little surprised. The factories of the empire were centralized, and most of them, especially heavy industry, were mechanized. What he didn't expect was that there were still such primitive handicraft workshops in Japan, and these workshops were located in residential areas. Perhaps it is Japan's low industrial productivity, or perhaps it is deliberately done in order to prevent the factory area from being attacked.

By this time, Tan Renhao was basically certain that there were indeed many flaws in Japan, such as wooden houses, handicraft workshops scattered in residential areas, and inefficient production methods. In fact, this is a concrete embodiment of a country's industrial strength. Japan may also have many heavy industrial factories such as steel mills, shipyards, aircraft factories, automobile factories, etc., but in reality, Japan's productivity is still at a very low level, and Japan relies only on the huge labor force brought by 80 million people in a narrow country.

The firefighting efforts did not go well, and soon three more fire engines arrived. However, this is also all the fire trucks that can be mobilized. In addition to more than a dozen firefighters struggling to extinguish the fire, there are also hundreds of factory workers, and nearby residents are helping to extinguish the fire. At this time, Tan Renhao affirmed his idea even more, if these dense wooden houses in Tokyo burned, then the firefighting work would be very difficult.

At noon, Tan Renhao asked Zhang Yannian to take him to a sushi restaurant. Sushi is one of Japan's most famous snacks and is one of Japan's specialities. Zhang Yannian ordered directly, because Tan Renhao didn't know Japanese.

"Actually, we're also uncomfortable in Japan." Zhang Yannian's age is not much different from Tan Renhao, "If it is not necessary, we don't want to come to Japan." ”

"Why?" Tan Renhao frowned slightly.

Zhang Yannian shrugged his shoulders and said: "The Japanese are very xenophobic, especially against us subjects of the Tang Empire, they are extremely disgusted, and it can even be said that they are full of hostility, if it is not necessary, we will never speak Chinese in Tokyo." ”

Just as Tan Renhao was about to speak, there was a sudden commotion by the door, and the eyes of the two immediately turned away.

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